The Daily Index — Friday, May 10, 2024 · TLDR Index

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TLDR Web Dev

TLDR Web Dev

PROTOBUF EDITIONS ARE HERE: DON'T PANIC

Google has introduced Protobuf Editions, a new feature flag system that lets plugin maintainers granularly control the behavior of generated APIs and runtimes. Editions combines existing proto2 and proto3 functionality and is backwards-compatible. It is recommended that developers stick with proto3 for now.

buf.build · 8 min

TLDR Web Dev

WHAT'S THE BEST LOOKING/PERFORMING WEBSITE YOU'VE EVER SEEN? (REDDIT THREAD)

Web devs on Reddit give opinions on the best looking website they've seen and why they're so good. Stripe and GitHub are common winners. Animations are usually done with Lottie and the Web Animations API.

bit.ly

TLDR Web Dev

IT'S ALWAYS TCP_NODELAY. EVERY DAMN TIME

Nagle's algorithm, designed in the 1980s to reduce network overhead from small packets, often causes latency problems in modern distributed systems. This developer argues that TCP_NODELAY (which disables Nagle's algorithm) should be the default behavior on modern systems.

brooker.co.za · 5 min

TLDR Web Dev

I REVIEWED 1,000S OF GRAPHQL VS. REST PERSPECTIVES

GraphQL has a great developer experience, but also introduces complexity in areas like caching, access control, and performance optimization. REST APIs are usually a better starting point for most teams.

konfigthis.com · 10 min

TLDR Web Dev

RUBY TYPING 2024: RBS, STEEP, RBS COLLECTIONS, SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS

This developer wanted to add static type checking to their Ruby gem but found RBS, the recommended approach, to be inconvenient. RBS requires maintaining separate type definition files and has limited support for tools like RSpec. Sorbet, an alternative approach, might have been a better choice.

brandur.org · 7 min

TLDR Web Dev

A/B TESTING ON THE FRONT-END

The Split SDK is used for A/B testing the front-end in two ways: 1) loading both variations and using CSS to reveal the correct one (avoiding flicker), and 2) using a loading page and then redirecting the user to the appropriate variation.

medium.com · 6 min